An Act for the Establishment of Washington College

An Act for the Establishment of Washington College
An act for the establishment of Washington College in honor to the illustrious President of the United States at Salem in Washington county.
Whereas the Legislature of North Carolina, established the academy in Washington county, by the name of Martin academy, which has continued for ten or twelve years past under the presidency of the reverend Samuel Douk, and has been of considerable utility to the public, and affords a prospect of future usefulness if invested with powers and privileges appertaining to Colleges:
Sec 1. Be it enacted by the Governor, Legislative Council, and House of Representatives of the Territory of the United States of America south of the river Ohio, That the reverend Samuel Doak president, the reverend Charles Cummins, Edward Crawford, John Coson, James Balch, Robert Henderson and Gideon Blackburn, Judge Joseph Anderson, General John Sevier, Colonels Landon Carter and Daniel Kenedy, Majors Leeroy Taylor and John Sevier, John Tipton, William Cocke, Archibald

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An Act for the Establishment of Washington College
An act for the establishment of Washington College in honor to the illustrious President of the United States at Salem in Washington county.
Whereas the Legislature of North Carolina, established the academy in Washington county, by the name of Martin academy, which has continued for ten or twelve years past under the presidency of the reverend Samuel Douk, and has been of considerable utility to the public, and affords a prospect of future usefulness if invested with powers and privileges appertaining to Colleges:
Sec 1. Be it enacted by the Governor, Legislative Council, and House of Representatives of the Territory of the United States of America south of the river Ohio, That the reverend Samuel Doak president, the reverend Charles Cummins, Edward Crawford, John Coson, James Balch, Robert Henderson and Gideon Blackburn, Judge Joseph Anderson, General John Sevier, Colonels Landon Carter and Daniel Kenedy, Majors Leeroy Taylor and John Sevier, John Tipton, William Cocke, Archibald

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